Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2016, 9:33 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Kandiyohi County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2016, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2016, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
123 WUUS53 KMPX 281433 SVRMPX MNC023-067-129-281515- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0228.160828T1433Z-160828T1515Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 933 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... EAST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1015 AM CDT * AT 933 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RAYMOND...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL RENVILLE...SOUTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI AND EAST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: BLOMKEST... SVEA AND PRIAM. THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 120. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4508 9526 4508 9493 4485 9500 4488 9532 TIME...MOT...LOC 1433Z 277DEG 17KT 4500 9521 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ DWE
3 follow-up statements
701
WWUS53 KMPX 281446
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
946 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
MNC023-281455-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0228.000000T0000Z-160828T1515Z/
CHIPPEWA MN-
946 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4508 9520 4508 9493 4485 9500 4487 9524
TIME...MOT...LOC 1445Z 275DEG 17KT 4500 9512
$$
MNC067-129-281515-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0228.000000T0000Z-160828T1515Z/
RENVILLE MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
946 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE AND SOUTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...
AT 945 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRIAM...OR 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRINSBURG...BLOMKEST...SVEA AND PRIAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4508 9520 4508 9493 4485 9500 4487 9524
TIME...MOT...LOC 1445Z 275DEG 17KT 4500 9512
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
DWE197
WWUS53 KMPX 281501
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1001 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
MNC129-281510-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0228.000000T0000Z-160828T1515Z/
RENVILLE MN-
1001 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4508 9506 4508 9493 4489 9499 4489 9510
4490 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1500Z 277DEG 17KT 4499 9502
$$
MNC067-281515-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0228.000000T0000Z-160828T1515Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
1001 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTY...
AT 1000 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SVEA...OR 9
MILES SOUTH OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLOMKEST AND SVEA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4508 9506 4508 9493 4489 9499 4489 9510
4490 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1500Z 277DEG 17KT 4499 9502
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
DWE049
WWUS53 KMPX 281509
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1009 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
MNC067-281518-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0228.000000T0000Z-160828T1515Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
1009 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 AM CDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4508 9506 4508 9493 4489 9499 4489 9510
4490 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1504Z 277DEG 17KT 4499 9502
$$
DWEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 10:34 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Freeborn and 20 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 53 min |
| Aug 28, 4:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 5:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 38 min |
| Aug 28, 5:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville | 52 min |
| Aug 28, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 57 min |
| Aug 28, 6:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 8:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sibley | 52 min |
| Aug 28, 8:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 8:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 44 min |
| Aug 28, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 46 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.